Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-04-22


his father, Wednesday evening.
Struble Bros. store at Shepherd was
robbed, Tuesday night, of three or four
suits of clothes and a small amount Of
money.
Little Jake Sleigman, of Saginaw,
has commenced action against the
editor of the Saginaw Evening Journal
for SANDER.
Ralph Blair, for some time past with
G.. B. Porter, the jeweler, started
Wednesday morning for prospecting
tour through Kansas.
Fire at Riverdale Tuesday afternoon
destroyed Knapp's saw and shingle
mill, the railroad water tank and engine
house. Loss, about 81 900.
Pollasky Bros, Miller Bros, Ronk
& Baughman, j. f. Graham, Alma
College and John Hicks all have new
ads. to-day. Read them.
w. p. Nesbitt, of the Big Rapi ds
Herald, thinks "now is the time to
kick" Judge Fuller has commenced
a SO, 900 libel suit against him.
We cannot speak at length of the
w. S. d S. opening as it is in progress
as we 90 to press and promises to be
a grand success.
The cleaning up epidemic stuck
Superior street, Tuesday, and nearly
every business man had his sidewalk
and his portion of street scrubbed and
raked and secured until it looked like
new street.
The time for painting and papering
is at hand it would be well for
those who have it to do to call on T. a.
Miller & Co. They have new stock
of wall paper, and full line of paint,
the quality of which they warrant and
guarantee equal to any made.
Fire was discovered in III. Harrison s
harness shop, st. Louis, last Saturday
night about 10 o'clock, and upon enter
ing the building it was found that the
walls had been saturated with oil and
jugs of oil and turpentine arranged in
good style for grand explosion and
blaze. The blaze was extinguished and
a serious loss averted.
f. l.. Stark is doing a splendid
business, having recently enlarged
hs stock Of Gents clothing, hats,
caps, boots, shoes, etc, and put in
one of the finest stock Of ladies' and
misses fine shoes to be found in
Northern Michigan. The store is
completely filled and one can find
anything in this line that you may
need, and at prices TO suit the most
economical. Remember the place.
Z. L. Stark, west of the Wright
House.
The following railroad arrangements
have been made for those attending the
|. O. O. f. celebration at st. Louis next
Tuesday. On the L. \. a. & n. NJ
road as follows; Train leaves Ashle Y
at 1857 a. m. with round trip tickets al
10 cents North Star at ll:l3 a. N. WITH
round triE ;55 cents; Ithaca at 1l;23 a
m. with round trip 80 cents; Mt. Pleas
ant at loop. m. with round tip Sc
cents; Shepherd at l;l5p. m. with round
at 30 cents; Alma at 1880 p. III. Will
round trip at ID cents. Returning
train leaves st. Louis for Ashley, Nortl
Star and Ithaca at 1880 p. M; fol
Alma, Shepherd and Mt. Pleasant al
ll:30 p. m. The ID. l.. & y. railroad
will issue return trip tickets, good tC
return on the 9th at one and one-thrC
fare.
Alma has been attempting a business
boom for long time, but still remain.
without an opera house, and was unable
to treat the elocutiOnist, G.. Paul Smith
with common ciYility less than tire,
weeks ago. Alma ought 20 brace up
To make "a town popular something
more is required besides building add
tions to its principal hotel.-StantOl
Herald.
Friend Powell, Alma has had an Op
era house until within the last thre,
weeks when the attempted business
boom" became so lively that it wa
found necessary to utilize it as stor,
in order to make room for a first-clas
firm that was determined to locate her,
and could be accommodated in no othe
way as Alma sports no empty stores
, The opera house was as fine as an.
Stanton ever had and about thousan,
times better than the little "squatty
affair, as you term it, now in use there
G.. Paul Smith was treated with civilit
when presentation of stale hen frui
would really have been none too goo
, for him, and you'll have a large job o
| your hands, brother, if you try to worI
up any sympathy for him. Alma
taking your advice to 'brace up il
fact, has been taking large braces fo
? the last three years and has double